| Literature DB >> 12640290 |
C Michael Jones1, Tina Marie Dickinson.
Abstract
We report 2 patients with polycythemia vera who were demonstrated to be -negative and were unable to tolerate either hydroxyurea or interferon-alpha but who had excellent clinical responses to imatinib mesylate (STI-571). This effect is consistent with the inhibitory effect of imatinib mesylate on c-kit's tyrosine kinase activity as demonstrated by its effectiveness in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12640290 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200303000-00007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Med Sci ISSN: 0002-9629 Impact factor: 2.378